Victorian Goldstone Torpedo Earrings Diamond Set with over a carat

Set with over a carat and a half of brilliant cut diamonds in platinum bezel settings with 18k band and trifurcated shoulders

the black background provided excellent contrast with the subject

One side features a keyhole and foliate motifs

It features the Jubilee head design by J

Victorian Goldstone Torpedo Earrings Diamond Set with over a caratDATE: Victorian, c. 1900 Goldstone, also known as aventurine glass or monkstone, is a kind of glittering glass that has come to be used in jewellery as a semiprecious stone. One original manufacturing process for goldstone was invented in seventeenth century Venice by the Miotti family, which was granted an exclusive license by the Doge. Urban legend says goldstone was an accidental discovery by unspecified Italian monks or the product of alchemy, but